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Title: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Ginaz on March 22, 2011, 04:06:57 PM All Gothic games are 75% off, including the newest one, Arcania which is $12.50.
Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Kageru on March 22, 2011, 05:46:02 PM Any capsule reviews on which are worth bothering with? From memory the family is plagued with some fairly average titles (and bugs?) in the lineup. Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Paelos on March 22, 2011, 05:53:19 PM Don't get Gothic 3.
Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Ratadm on March 22, 2011, 06:19:29 PM 4 is bad as well. Gothic Universe Edition contains 1, 2 and 3 for 5.75 which seemed like a decent deal to me so I got it.
Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Kageru on March 23, 2011, 01:34:49 AM So historical interest only... check. Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Paelos on March 23, 2011, 07:15:39 AM Sky loves the series, and 2 especially.
If you find yourself agreeing with him much, I'd give it a whirl. Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Rasix on March 23, 2011, 08:59:41 AM Witcher's on sale as well. So is NWN2 plat if that's your thing.
Gothic 2's graphics look passable. I imagine the interface suffers a bit more. Hoo boy, Arcania's review scores are absolutely dreadful. Makes buying the entire pack less enticing. Who am I kidding? I have no time for a bigger backlog of RPGs. :cry: Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Sky on March 23, 2011, 09:37:33 AM 2 with the Night of the Raven expansion was good. It's dated and as Ras mentions, the UI is atrocious. 3 is ok but it's kind of meh, they admitted they shot too high, tried to make the world too large and lost a lot of the character of the series (it's very mmo-like).
Put it this way: I have 2&3 from a previous steam sale. I could grab the revised 3 for $2.50 and 4 for 12.50 and I didn't. The revised 3 is kind of tempting, because I never finished it, and that price is solid for almost anything. But for 4 I'm waiting for the sub-$10 sale (7.50, please). Verdict: get Risen on sale instead. Kindly reminder: the developers of Gothic 1-3 did not make 4. They made Risen after losing the Gothic franchise. Also, the combat and early slow progression can get frustrating on any of them. Do not be afraid to cheat a lilbit to get yourself going. Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Bandit on March 23, 2011, 11:19:50 AM Some news on the now cut expansion for Gothic 4 on RPS today. RPS in the introduction claims Gothic 4 as "picturesque but depressingly stupid RPG" :grin:.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/23/fall-of-setarrif-cancelled/ (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/23/fall-of-setarrif-cancelled/) Needless to say I won't be picking up 4, I enjoyed Gothic 2 but 3 was a mess as well. Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: jakonovski on March 23, 2011, 01:50:35 PM Fuck me, I went and bought Gothic 4 just because it's so pretty.
Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: tgr on March 23, 2011, 03:46:51 PM Risen:
3rd-party DRM: TAGES™ 3 machine activation limit Gothic 4: 3rd-party DRM: SecuROM™ Unlimited machine activations Just sayin' Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Kageru on March 23, 2011, 04:43:53 PM Verdict: get Risen on sale instead. No Risen in Australia. Heh, Steam Prices (http://www.steamprices.com/us) so you can see how much you are getting done for relative to US prices. Title: Re: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series Post by: Fabricated on April 06, 2011, 06:23:52 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3uG8-wyblQ#t=14s
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